Young v. Colorado Department of Corrections: DEI/Race-Sensitivity Training and Speculative “Aftermath” Allegations, Without Concrete Workplace Harm, Do Not Plausibly Plead a Hostile Work Environment...
Interior “Applicants for Admission” Are Not Necessarily “Seeking Admission”: § 1225(b)(2)(A) Mandatory Detention Excludes Long-Resident, Unadmitted Noncitizens Arrested in the Interior 1....
Allen v. Caster (2026): GVR Vacatur and Remand of Redistricting Judgments for Reconsideration Under Louisiana v. Callais’s New §2 Voting Rights Act Standard 1. Introduction Allen v. Caster arises...
Tenth Circuit: § 3553(a) Balancing Can Independently Defeat Compassionate Release, and § 2255—Not § 3582—Is the Vehicle for Attacking a Sentence Introduction United States v. Webb (10th Cir. May 11,...
Plain-View From a Public Walkway Through a Curtain Gap: The Tenth Circuit Lets the Panel Rule Stand Introduction United States v. Watkins (No. 23-6210) concerns the Fourth Amendment consequences of a...
Keenan v. O’Reilly: Internally Contradictory Deposition Testimony Cannot Establish Premises-Owner Notice to Defeat Summary Judgment 1. Introduction In Bernard Keenan v. O'Reilly Auto Enterprises (6th...
Rule 11(c)(1) Plain-Error Vacatur and Reassignment When a Judge Urges Guilty-Plea Advantages Case: United States v. Tarik Chambers (3d Cir. May 8, 2026) (nonprecedential) Court: United States Court...
Rule 11(c)(1)(C) Bargained Sentences and Anders Appeals: Limited § 3742 Review and Enforceable Appeal Waivers Case: United States v. Bailey (No. 25-2094) Court: United States Court of Appeals for the...
Collective-Knowledge Reasonable Suspicion for “Turn-and-Burn” Drug-Trip Stops Extending Beyond the Traffic Mission 1. Introduction In United States v. Mark Anthony Trent (6th Cir. May 7, 2026)...
Extrinsic Evidence Must Be Considered to Identify and Resolve Latent Ambiguity in a Will’s Gift of “Any Business or Interest in Any Business” I. Introduction In re Estate of Schneider (321 Neb. 350...
“General Election” in Article XII, Section 1 Includes Early Voting; Late First Passage Voids a Constitutional-Amendment Referendum Case: Scott v. McDougle (Supreme Court of Virginia, May 8, 2026) |...
Waiver of Appointed Counsel by Obstructive Conduct After Fair Warnings (No Full Faretta Colloquy Required) I. Introduction In United States v. Sean Christopher Williams (6th Cir. May 7, 2026)...
Sixth Circuit Affirms Return Denial Under Hague “Age-and-Maturity” Exception and Declines to Adopt an Undefined “Stricter Standard” I. Introduction Ilyse Deravil; Legrand Deravil v. Julmise Jean;...
Pre-Brawner Jail-Suicide Claims: “Strong Likelihood” Subjective Knowledge Required; No Clearly Established Duty of 24/7 Camera Monitoring for Officer or Monell Liability 1. Introduction Case: Connie...
Speculative “PSLF Incentive” Harms Do Not Create Article III Standing for Public-Service Employers Challenging Borrower-Focused Repayment Pauses Introduction In Mackinac Center for Pub. Pol'y v. U.S....
Governmental Disability Plans Exempt from ERISA: New York Arbitrary-and-Capricious Review, Record-Only Adjudication, and Narrow “Good Cause” Discovery 1. Introduction Amanda Martin v. Fed. Rsrv. Bank...
FAA Preempts Iowa’s Arbitration-Specific “Prejudice” Waiver Test: Waiver of Arbitration Governed by Ordinary Contract Principles Introduction Leroy Eldon Cole v. Southeast Iowa Orthopaedics and...
COVID-Era Telework Does Not Redefine “Essential Functions”: Contractor Telework Denials and ADA Prima Facie Failures Case: Hayes v. GStek, Incorporated (5th Cir. May 8, 2026) | Court: United States...
FOIA Exemption 4 Limits and FOIA Fee Eligibility When an Agency Releases Records After a Third Party Relents I. Introduction In Energy & Policy Inst. v. Tenn. Valley Auth. (6th Cir. May 8, 2026), the...
FOIA Fee Eligibility After Mid‑Litigation Releases: A Release Can Be “Voluntary” Even When Prompted by a Submitter, and Exemptions 4 & 6 Require Harm- and Segregability‑Sensitive Withholding...